Chaap Chole Dabbal

Chaap Chole Dabbal

Chaap Chole Dabbal is a bygone Sindhi dish. It used to be popular breakfast and has been relished by parents in their childhood. Also, I remembered a popular Sindhi Song titled as , ‘Dal Chole Dabbal… tu khayi vhat gul… o kaka, o chacha, tu aedhe aa… tu dal vathi kha (Dal Chole Dabbal… o sweet person, you come and eat. Listen uncle, you come here and eat the Daal.) :P The translation kills the mood but… yeah.. you get basic idea what I mean to say. Dal is quite different from Chaap. What I made is Chaap Chole Dabbal… and Dal was another interesting combination, which was a popular dish.

The dish includes 6 elements. The first element is Dabbal, which is bread. Second and third is Chaap, which is stuffed aloo ki tikki. The aloo ka masala and chana dal combined makes a single element. Fourth is Chole. Fifth is Imli ki Chutney and sixth is diced & raw onions.

For Chaap

• Boiled & Mashed potatoes – 5-6 medium sized
• Red Chili Powder – 1 tbsp
• Salt – as per taste
• Turmeric Powder – 1 tbsp
• Coriander Powder – 1.2 tbsp
• Oil – for frying

 Chaap’s stuffing

• Soaked Chana Daal – ½ cup
• Red Chili powder – 1 tsp
• Salt – as per taste
• Turmeric Powder – 1tsp
• Garam Masala – 1 tsp
• Coriander powder – 1 tsp

Boiled Daal

 Method:

• In a pressure cooker, put chana dal, turmeric powder and salt.
• Cook it till 0ne-two whistles. ( I ended over cooking them. You have to be careful not to do so. Each chana dal grain should be separate. Alternatively, you can cook it in a sauce pan too. So that it stays crunchy.)
• Mix all the other masala and keep aside.
• Mix all the masala in potatoes. Ensure that it is mixed well.
• Divide it into small balls.
• Make a depression in it. Fill it with stuffing of Chana dal. Roll it into Tikki shape.
• Either shallow fry it or cook it on tawa.

Chaap

For Chole:

• Boiled Chole/Chickpea – 1 ½ cup
• Diced Onion – 2 medium
• Tomato puree – 5-6 tomatoes
• Ginger & Garlic paste – 1 tsbp
• Salt – as per taste
• Water – as required
• Red Chili powder – 1 – 1.2 tbsp
• Turmeric powder – 1 tbsp
• Oil – 3-4 tbsp

 Method:

• In a pressure cooker, heat oil.
• Add onion and cook till translucent.
• Mix in ginger & garlic paste and cook for 1-2 minute.
• Add in chole, salt, tomato puree, and water.
• Let whistle go for 2-3 times.
• Adjust consistency, if required.

Chole

Imli ki Chutney

• Soak imli for 4-5 hours
• Make a thick pulp from it and keep aside.

Imli ki Chutney

Serving Chaap Chole Dabbal

• In a plate, break the bread in 2-4 pieces.
• Top it with Chaap and chole.
• Garnish it with imli ki chutney and onions.
• Enjoy!

 

The Final Product